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data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81" title="ایکینجی فرانتس یوزف – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ایکینجی فرانتس یوزف" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_%D0%86%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D1%84_II" title="Франц Іосіф II – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Франц Іосіф II" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Josef_II." title="František Josef II. – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="František Josef II." data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_2._af_Liechtenstein" title="Franz Josef 2. af Liechtenstein – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Franz Josef 2. af Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_II." title="Franz Josef II. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Franz Josef II." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_II" title="Franz Josef II – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Franz Josef II" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%89%CF%83%CE%AE%CF%86_%CE%92%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9B%CE%AF%CF%87%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BD" title="Φραγκίσκος Ιωσήφ Β΄ του Λίχτενσταϊν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φραγκίσκος Ιωσήφ Β΄ του Λίχτενσταϊν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Jos%C3%A9_II_de_Liechtenstein" title="Francisco José II de Liechtenstein – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Francisco José II de Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantzisko_Josef_II.a_Liechtensteingoa" title="Frantzisko Josef II.a Liechtensteingoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Frantzisko Josef II.a Liechtensteingoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3_%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85" title="فرانتس یوزف دوم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فرانتس یوزف دوم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph_II" title="François-Joseph II – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="François-Joseph II" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%80%EC%B8%A0_%EC%9A%94%EC%A0%9C%ED%94%84_2%EC%84%B8" title="프란츠 요제프 2세 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프란츠 요제프 2세" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%81_%D5%85%D5%B8%D5%A6%D5%A5%D6%86_II_(%D4%BC%D5%AB%D5%AD%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B6)" title="Ֆրանց Յոզեֆ II (Լիխտենշտայն) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրանց Յոզեֆ II (Լիխտենշտայն)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franjo_Josip_II.,_knez_Lihten%C5%A1tajna" title="Franjo Josip II., knez Lihtenštajna – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Franjo Josip II., knez Lihtenštajna" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_II_dari_Liechtenstein" title="Franz Josef II dari Liechtenstein – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Franz Josef II dari Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Giuseppe_II_del_Liechtenstein" title="Francesco Giuseppe II del Liechtenstein – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Francesco Giuseppe II del Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A5_%D7%99%D7%95%D7%96%D7%A3_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99,_%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9A_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F" title="פרנץ יוזף השני, נסיך ליכטנשטיין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרנץ יוזף השני, נסיך ליכטנשטיין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franzesch_Isepp_II_del_Liechtenstein" title="Franzesch Isepp II del Liechtenstein – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Franzesch Isepp II del Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._Ferenc_J%C3%B3zsef_liechtensteini_herceg" title="II. Ferenc József liechtensteini herceg – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="II. Ferenc József liechtensteini herceg" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86" title="فرانز چوزيف التانى امير ليختنشتاين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فرانز چوزيف التانى امير ليختنشتاين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Jozef_II_van_Liechtenstein" title="Frans Jozef II van Liechtenstein – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Frans Jozef II van Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%952%E4%B8%96" title="フランツ・ヨーゼフ2世 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フランツ・ヨーゼフ2世" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_II_av_Liechtenstein" title="Franz Josef II av Liechtenstein – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Franz Josef II av Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszek_J%C3%B3zef_II" title="Franciszek Józef II – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Franciszek Józef II" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Jos%C3%A9_II_de_Liechtenstein" title="Francisco José II de Liechtenstein – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Francisco José II de Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_al_II-lea,_Principe_de_Liechtenstein" title="Franz Josef al II-lea, Principe de Liechtenstein – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Franz Josef al II-lea, Principe de Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransisku_Husiy_II" title="Ransisku Husiy II – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Ransisku Husiy II" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_%D0%98%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84_II" title="Франц Иосиф II – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Франц Иосиф II" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Joseph_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_%D0%88%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_II,_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Франц Јозеф II, кнез од Лихтенштајна – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Франц Јозеф II, кнез од Лихтенштајна" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Joosef_II" title="Frans Joosef II – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Frans Joosef II" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Josef_II_av_Liechtenstein" title="Frans Josef II av Liechtenstein – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Frans Josef II av Liechtenstein" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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of Troppau">Duke of Troppau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Krnov" title="Duchy of Krnov">Jägerndorf</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Count_of_Rietberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Count of Rietberg">Count of Rietberg</a></i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II..jpg/250px-F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II..jpg/330px-F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II..jpg/500px-F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II..jpg 2x" data-file-width="1555" data-file-height="2013" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Liechtenstein">Prince of Liechtenstein</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">25 July 1938 – <span class="nowrap">13 November 1989</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Franz_I,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein">Franz I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hans-Adam_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein">Hans-Adam II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Liechtenstein" title="List of heads of government of Liechtenstein">Prime Ministers</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><i>See list</i></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Josef_Hoop" title="Josef Hoop">Josef Hoop</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Frick" title="Alexander Frick">Alexander Frick</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gerard_Batliner" title="Gerard Batliner">Gerard Batliner</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hilbe" title="Alfred Hilbe">Alfred Hilbe</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Walter_Kieber" title="Walter Kieber">Walter Kieber</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hans_Brunhart" title="Hans Brunhart">Hans Brunhart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1906-08-16</span>)</span>16 August 1906<br /><a href="/wiki/Frauenthal_castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Frauenthal castle">Schloss Frauenthal</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Deutschlandsberg" title="Deutschlandsberg">Deutschlandsberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">13 November 1989<span style="display:none">(1989-11-13)</span> (aged 83)<br /><a href="/wiki/Grabs,_Switzerland" title="Grabs, Switzerland">Grabs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_St._Gallen" title="Canton of St. Gallen">St. Gallen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Vaduz_Cathedral" title="Vaduz Cathedral">St. Florian Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaduz" title="Vaduz">Vaduz</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Countess_Georgina_von_Wilczek" class="mw-redirect" title="Countess Georgina von Wilczek">Countess Georgina von Wilczek</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="7 March 1943">1943</span>; died <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319" /><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="18 October 1989">1989</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hans-Adam_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein">Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Philipp_of_Liechtenstein" title="Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein">Prince Philipp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Nikolaus_of_Liechtenstein" title="Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein">Prince Nikolaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Nora_of_Liechtenstein" title="Princess Nora of Liechtenstein">Princess Nora, Marchioness of Mariño</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Franz_Josef_of_Liechtenstein_(1962%E2%80%931991)" title="Prince Franz Josef of Liechtenstein (1962–1991)">Prince Franz Josef "Wenzel"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left">Names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.7em;">Franz Josef Maria Alois Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Princely_Family_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely Family of Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alois_of_Liechtenstein_(1869%E2%80%931955)" title="Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (1869–1955)">Prince Alois of Liechtenstein</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Archduchess_Elisabeth_Amalie_of_Austria" title="Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria">Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Franz Joseph II</b> (Franz Josef Maria Alois Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 16 August 1906 – 13 November 1989) was the reigning <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Liechtenstein" title="Monarchy of Liechtenstein">Prince of Liechtenstein</a> from 25 July 1938 until his death in November 1989. </p><p>Franz Joseph was the son of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Alois_of_Liechtenstein_(1869%E2%80%931955)" title="Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (1869–1955)">Prince Alois of Liechtenstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archduchess_Elisabeth_Amalie_of_Austria" title="Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria">Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria</a>. He succeeded his childless grand-uncle, <a href="/wiki/Franz_I_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Franz I of Liechtenstein">Prince Franz I</a>, after his father renounced his right of succession in his favour in 1923. He was an extremely popular sovereign in <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a>. He was the first ruling prince to live full-time in the principality. He also oversaw the economic development of Liechtenstein from a poor agricultural backwater into one of the richest countries (per capita) in the world. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franz_Joseph_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Elisabeth_Amalie_Austria_Aloys_Liechtenstein_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Elisabeth_Amalie_Austria_Aloys_Liechtenstein_photo.jpg/250px-Elisabeth_Amalie_Austria_Aloys_Liechtenstein_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Elisabeth_Amalie_Austria_Aloys_Liechtenstein_photo.jpg/330px-Elisabeth_Amalie_Austria_Aloys_Liechtenstein_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="625" /></a><figcaption>An infant Franz Joseph with his parents <a href="/wiki/Prince_Alois_of_Liechtenstein_(1869%E2%80%931955)" title="Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (1869–1955)">Prince Alois of Liechtenstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archduchess_Elisabeth_Amalie_of_Austria" title="Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria">Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Franz Joseph was born on 16 August 1906 in <a href="/wiki/Frauenthal_castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Frauenthal castle">Schloss Frauenthal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deutschlandsberg" title="Deutschlandsberg">Deutschlandsberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a> as the first child of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Alois_of_Liechtenstein_(1869%E2%80%931955)" title="Prince Alois of Liechtenstein (1869–1955)">Prince Alois of Liechtenstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archduchess_Elisabeth_Amalie_of_Austria" title="Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria">Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria</a>. He had 7 siblings throughout his lifetime.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His god-parent was his great-uncle <a href="/wiki/Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria" title="Franz Joseph I of Austria">Franz Joseph I of Austria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He spent most of his youth throughout various family-owned estates in <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>), notably the <a href="/wiki/Gro%C3%9F_Ullersdorf" class="mw-redirect" title="Groß Ullersdorf">Groß Ullersdorf</a> castle in <a href="/wiki/Moravia" title="Moravia">Moravia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="/wiki/Schottengymnasium" title="Schottengymnasium">Schottengymnasium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, where he graduated from in 1925 with a passion for <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natural_history" title="Natural history">natural history</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek language</a>. He then went on to study <a href="/wiki/Forestry" title="Forestry">forestry</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Natural_Resources_and_Life_Sciences,_Vienna" title="University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna">University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, which he received a diploma on forestry engineering in 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Franz Joseph was made <a href="/wiki/Heir_presumptive" title="Heir presumptive">heir presumptive</a> of <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Liechtenstein">Prince of Liechtenstein</a> on 26 February 1923 when his father renounced his right of succession in his favour as he was concerned about his age should he assume the role.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 April 1930 Franz Joseph was appointed to be the deputy of <a href="/wiki/Franz_I,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein">Franz I</a>, in which he frequently travelled between the principality as a representative of him. He also visited several <a href="/wiki/European_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="European countries">European countries</a> during this time and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franz_Joseph_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_reign">Early reign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franz_Joseph_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Franz_Joseph_Josef_Hoop_Alois_Vogt_-_Balzers_1938.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Franz_Joseph_Josef_Hoop_Alois_Vogt_-_Balzers_1938.jpg/250px-Franz_Joseph_Josef_Hoop_Alois_Vogt_-_Balzers_1938.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Franz_Joseph_Josef_Hoop_Alois_Vogt_-_Balzers_1938.jpg/330px-Franz_Joseph_Josef_Hoop_Alois_Vogt_-_Balzers_1938.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Franz_Joseph_Josef_Hoop_Alois_Vogt_-_Balzers_1938.jpg/500px-Franz_Joseph_Josef_Hoop_Alois_Vogt_-_Balzers_1938.jpg 2x" data-file-width="808" data-file-height="543" /></a><figcaption>Franz Joseph II with Josef Hoop and <a href="/wiki/Alois_Vogt" title="Alois Vogt">Alois Vogt</a> in <a href="/wiki/Balzers" title="Balzers">Balzers</a> on 8 May 1938</figcaption></figure> <p>On 31 March 1938, <a href="/wiki/Franz_I,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein">Franz I</a> made Franz Joseph his <a href="/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">regent</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">Anschluss</a> of <a href="/wiki/Federal_State_of_Austria" title="Federal State of Austria">Austria</a>. Franz I then moved to Feldsberg (<a href="/wiki/Valtice" title="Valtice">Valtice</a>), <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>, and on 25 July, he died while at one of his family's castles. Franz Joseph II formally succeeded him as the <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Liechtenstein">Prince of Liechtenstein</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although officially Franz stated that he had given the regency to Franz Joseph due to his old age, it was speculated that he did not wish to remain in control of Liechtenstein if <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> were to invade, primarily because his wife, <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_von_Gutmann" class="mw-redirect" title="Elisabeth von Gutmann">Elisabeth von Gutmann</a> was of <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> relation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon becoming <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Liechtenstein">Prince of Liechtenstein</a> in 1938, Franz Joseph settled permanently in the principality, making him the first ruling prince to live there full-time.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franz_Joseph_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_in_World_War_II" title="Liechtenstein in World War II">Liechtenstein in World War II</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Staatsbesuch_FL_in_Bern.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Staatsbesuch_FL_in_Bern.jpg/250px-Staatsbesuch_FL_in_Bern.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Staatsbesuch_FL_in_Bern.jpg/330px-Staatsbesuch_FL_in_Bern.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Staatsbesuch_FL_in_Bern.jpg/500px-Staatsbesuch_FL_in_Bern.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1019" data-file-height="724" /></a><figcaption>Franz Joseph (far left) with <a href="/wiki/Marcel_Pilet-Golaz" title="Marcel Pilet-Golaz">Marcel Pilet-Golaz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enrico_Celio" title="Enrico Celio">Enrico Celio</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a>, 1943.</figcaption></figure> <p>Liechtenstein <a href="/wiki/Neutral_country" title="Neutral country">remained neutral</a> throughout <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and its neutrality was not violated by any of the combatants. Franz Joseph supported then <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Liechtenstein">Prime Minister of Liechtenstein</a> <a href="/wiki/Josef_Hoop" title="Josef Hoop">Josef Hoop</a>'s policy of non-binding, non-provocative diplomacy towards <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while personally tying the country as closely as possible to <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> during the war in hopes of retaining Liechtenstein's neutrality.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He visited the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Council_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Council (Switzerland)">Swiss Federal Council</a> in April 1938 and again in 1943, along with to <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Emmanuel III of Italy">Victor Emmanuel III of Italy</a> in November 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:8_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Franz Joseph oversaw the formation of a coalition government between the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Citizens%27_Party" title="Progressive Citizens' Party">Progressive Citizens' Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Patriotic_Union_(Liechtenstein)" title="Patriotic Union (Liechtenstein)">Patriotic Union</a> that would prevent government <a href="/wiki/Political_deadlock" class="mw-redirect" title="Political deadlock">deadlock</a> and help retain Liechtenstein's neutrality.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Franz_Josef_II_Berlin_1939.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Franz_Josef_II_Berlin_1939.jpg/250px-Franz_Josef_II_Berlin_1939.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Franz_Josef_II_Berlin_1939.jpg/330px-Franz_Josef_II_Berlin_1939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Franz_Josef_II_Berlin_1939.jpg/500px-Franz_Josef_II_Berlin_1939.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="719" /></a><figcaption>Franz Joseph (centre) outside the <a href="/wiki/Reich_Chancellery" title="Reich Chancellery">Reich Chancellery</a> in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> on 2 March 1939.</figcaption></figure> <p>In March 1939 he along with <a href="/wiki/Josef_Hoop" title="Josef Hoop">Josef Hoop</a> paid an official visit to <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> where they met <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joachim_von_Ribbentrop" title="Joachim von Ribbentrop">Joachim von Ribbentrop</a> where they discussed safeguarding Liechtenstein's independence and neutrality while maintaining good relations.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Franz Joseph later reminisced on the visit and stated that Hitler showed little interest in them and that it only took place in order to "flatter Hitler's ego".<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While this visit was ongoing, the <a href="/wiki/German_National_Movement_in_Liechtenstein" title="German National Movement in Liechtenstein">German National Movement in Liechtenstein (VBDL)</a> staged an amateurish <a href="/wiki/1939_Liechtenstein_putsch" title="1939 Liechtenstein putsch">coup attempt</a>, first trying to provoke a intervention from Nazi Germany by burning <a href="/wiki/Swastika" title="Swastika">swastikas</a>, followed by declaring an <i><a href="/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">Anschluß</a></i> with Germany. The leaders were almost immediately arrested and the hoped-for German invasion failed to materialise.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, he periodically sent congratulatory letters to Hitler throughout the war, such as the thwarting of the <a href="/wiki/20_July_plot" title="20 July plot">20 July plot</a>, of which he briefly replied.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the war, Liechtenstein’s princely family owned land in <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> whose managers hired Nazi forced labour, but a much later inquiry found the family not to have known about this.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1945 all the family’s estates in <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> were expropriated without compensation by the <a href="/wiki/Third_Czechoslovak_Republic" title="Third Czechoslovak Republic">Third Czechoslovak Republic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_National_Unity" title="Provisional Government of National Unity">Provisional Government of Poland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Just before the end of the war, Franz Joseph granted political asylum to <a href="/wiki/First_Russian_National_Army" title="First Russian National Army">First Russian National Army</a> pro-Axis pro-emperor <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_Vladimir_Kirillovich_of_Russia" title="Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia">Vladimir</a> White emigres led by General <a href="/wiki/Boris_Smyslovsky" title="Boris Smyslovsky">Boris Smyslovsky</a>, who were being cared for by the <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_Red_Cross" title="Liechtenstein Red Cross">Liechtenstein Red Cross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 August 1945, the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> sent a delegation to Liechtenstein in an attempt to repatriate the Russians, which was refused despite increasing Soviet pressure to participate in the repatriation program.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually the government of <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> offered the Russians asylum, and about a hundred people left.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Frick" title="Alexander Frick">Alexander Frick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Liechtenstein">Prime Minister of Liechtenstein</a> at the time, the Russians were at no point in danger of being <a href="/wiki/Extradition" title="Extradition">extradited</a>. Franz Joseph had explicitly given support for the asylum of the Russians. The general <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Liechtenstein" title="Demographics of Liechtenstein">population of Liechtenstein</a> supported the government in providing asylum to the Russians.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franz_Joseph_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After losing roughly 80% of their property, Franz Joseph and his family sought to sell artworks from their collection in order to generate income, such as <a href="/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci" title="Leonardo da Vinci">Leonardo da Vinci</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ginevra_de%27_Benci" title="Ginevra de' Benci">Ginevra de' Benci</a> in 1967 and <a href="/wiki/Frans_Hals" title="Frans Hals">Frans Hals</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Willem_van_Heythuysen" title="Willem van Heythuysen">Willem van Heythuysen</a> portrait that was sold to the <a href="/wiki/Bavarian_State_Painting_Collections" title="Bavarian State Painting Collections">Bavarian State Painting Collections</a> in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Franz Joseph oversaw a <a href="/wiki/LGT_Group" title="LGT Group">family-owned bank</a> which was run by the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Liechtenstein" title="House of Liechtenstein">House of Liechtenstein</a> with branches in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This made the principality an ideal <a href="/wiki/Tax_haven" title="Tax haven">tax haven</a> for wealthy individuals and private foreign companies, allowing Liechtenstein to experience rapid economic growth throughout his reign, transforming the principality into one of the richest countries in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Franz Joseph played a role in maintaining Liechtenstein's diplomatic relations. He and Georgina von Wilczek hosted <a href="/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a> (then <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales" title="Prince of Wales">Prince of Wales</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal" title="Anne, Princess Royal">Anne, Princess Royal</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Vaduz_Castle" title="Vaduz Castle">Vaduz Castle</a> on 29 December 1965 and again for Prince Philip and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> in April 1980.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II._von_und_zu_Liechtenstein_mit_F%C3%BCrstin_Gina.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II._von_und_zu_Liechtenstein_mit_F%C3%BCrstin_Gina.jpg/220px-F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II._von_und_zu_Liechtenstein_mit_F%C3%BCrstin_Gina.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II._von_und_zu_Liechtenstein_mit_F%C3%BCrstin_Gina.jpg/330px-F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II._von_und_zu_Liechtenstein_mit_F%C3%BCrstin_Gina.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II._von_und_zu_Liechtenstein_mit_F%C3%BCrstin_Gina.jpg/440px-F%C3%BCrst_Franz_Josef_II._von_und_zu_Liechtenstein_mit_F%C3%BCrstin_Gina.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1292" data-file-height="1242" /></a><figcaption>Franz Joseph II and <a href="/wiki/Countess_Georgina_von_Wilczek" class="mw-redirect" title="Countess Georgina von Wilczek">Countess Georgina von Wilczek</a> in 1988.</figcaption></figure><p>During his reign, women received voting rights for the first time, following <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_women%27s_suffrage_referendum,_1984" class="mw-redirect" title="Liechtenstein women's suffrage referendum, 1984">a referendum on the topic</a> (among men only) in 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same year, he appointed <a href="/wiki/Maria_Foser" title="Maria Foser">Maria Foser</a> as the first woman Deputy Government Councillor for Social Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He exercised his veto power just once, in 1985, against a <a href="/wiki/1985_Liechtenstein_referendums" title="1985 Liechtenstein referendums">new hunting law</a> that would have granted increased rights to hunters.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NS_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NS-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He explained this by saying “It was a silly law. It would have turned every garden into a shooting ground".<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Franz Joseph handed over most of his powers to his son, <a href="/wiki/Hans-Adam_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein">Hans-Adam</a> on 26 August 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Franz Joseph II had been suffering from poor health and died on 13 November 1989, 26 days after his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ruling <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a> for 51 years, he was among the longest-ruling sovereigns in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and the longest-serving national leader in the world at the time of his death.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by his son Hans-Adam as <a href="/wiki/Hans-Adam_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein">Hans-Adam II</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_children">Marriage and children</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franz_Joseph_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Marriage and children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Princely_family_of_liechtenstein.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Princely_family_of_liechtenstein.jpg/220px-Princely_family_of_liechtenstein.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Princely_family_of_liechtenstein.jpg/330px-Princely_family_of_liechtenstein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Princely_family_of_liechtenstein.jpg/440px-Princely_family_of_liechtenstein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="1032" /></a><figcaption>Franz Joseph and his family in 1955.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 7 March 1943, at <a href="/wiki/Vaduz_Cathedral" title="Vaduz Cathedral">St. Florin's</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vaduz" title="Vaduz">Vaduz</a>, Franz Joseph II married <a href="/wiki/Countess_Georgina_von_Wilczek" class="mw-redirect" title="Countess Georgina von Wilczek">Countess Georgina of Wilczek</a> (24 October 1921 – 18 October 1989).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the first time that the wedding of a ruling Prince had taken place in <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had five children, twelve grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hans-Adam_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein" title="Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein">Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein</a> (14 February 1945, <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he married <a href="/wiki/Marie,_Princess_of_Liechtenstein" title="Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein">Countess Marie Aglaë of Wchinitz and Tettau</a> on 30 July 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have four children and fifteen grandchildren.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Philipp_of_Liechtenstein" title="Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein">Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein</a> (19 August 1946, <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>) he married Isabelle de l'Arbre de Malander on 11 September 1971. They have three sons and four grandchildren.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Nikolaus_of_Liechtenstein" title="Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein">Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein</a> (24 October 1947, <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>) he married <a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaretha_of_Liechtenstein" title="Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein">Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg</a> on 20 March 1982. They have four children.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Nora_of_Liechtenstein" title="Princess Nora of Liechtenstein">Princess Norberta of Liechtenstein</a> (31 October 1950, <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>) she married Don <a href="/wiki/Vicente_Sartorius_y_Cabeza_de_Vaca" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca">Vicente Sartorius y Cabeza de Vaca, 3rd Marqués de Mariño</a> on 11 June 1988. They had one daughter.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Franz_Josef_of_Liechtenstein_(1962%E2%80%931991)" title="Prince Franz Josef of Liechtenstein (1962–1991)">Prince Franz Josef Wenceslaus of Liechtenstein</a> (<a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>, 19 November 1962 – <a href="/wiki/Vaduz" title="Vaduz">Vaduz</a>, 28 February 1991). Died unmarried and without issue, at the age of twenty-eight.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franz_Joseph_II,_Prince_of_Liechtenstein&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Austria <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary"><img alt="Austria-Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria-Hungary_%281867%E2%80%931918%29.svg.png 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data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Decoration_of_Honour_for_Services_to_the_Republic_of_Austria" title="Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria">Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Star</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/State_Flag_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1973%29.svg/40px-State_Flag_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1973%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120622073559/http://www.fuerstenhaus.li/en/fuerstenhaus/fuersten/fuerst_franz_josef_2.html">Princely House of Liechtenstein</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFD700; text-align:center;"><div>Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein </div><div><b><a href="/wiki/Princely_Family_of_Liechtenstein" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely Family of Liechtenstein">House of Liechtenstein</a></b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> 16 August 1906</span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"> <b>Died:</b> 13 November 1989</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;">Regnal titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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